as in information
a collection of pieces of information that is organized and used on a computer
All of our customers' information was kept in a database. an online database
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Recent Examples of database
The number of dead was expected to climb, and civilians reported more than 51,000 people missing on independent digital databases.
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Arkansas Online,
27 June 2026
Crews hit the road this week to begin creating a database of conditions at culverts, bridges, dams, weirs and other manmade structures in Northwest Indiana streams.
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Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
27 June 2026
Mecklenburg County sanitation scores The Mecklenburg County sanitation grades database shows that at least 174 restaurants were inspected June 19-25.
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Eva Flowe
june 26,
Charlotte Observer,
26 June 2026
Enterprises are now managing retrieval systems, orchestration layers, vector databases, autonomous workflows and multimodel environments.
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Deepak Mittal,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
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Arkansas Online,
27 June 2026
Crews hit the road this week to begin creating a database of conditions at culverts, bridges, dams, weirs and other manmade structures in Northwest Indiana streams.
—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
27 June 2026
Mecklenburg County sanitation scores The Mecklenburg County sanitation grades database shows that at least 174 restaurants were inspected June 19-25.
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Eva Flowe
june 26,
Charlotte Observer,
26 June 2026
Enterprises are now managing retrieval systems, orchestration layers, vector databases, autonomous workflows and multimodel environments.
—
Deepak Mittal,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
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The intuitive Moon in your 10th House of Career and Status squares information-gathering Mercury in your 7th House of Partnership, pulling leadership choices into relational focus.
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To learn more information on our reporting and testing processes, read our complete reviews process and methodology page.
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One 2022 article published in the Expert Review of Anticancer Therapy journal predicted oropharyngeal cancer would be among the most common cancers in men by 2045.
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However, following a series of Miami Herald articles detailing flaws in the investigation, including police not following up with key eyewitnesses, the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office reexamined the case and charged Pino with felony vessel homicide in October 2024.
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“Database.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/database. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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